♥ Sunday /
Nopa Velo 9:30am
_from ibikenopa: “When’s the last time you took a Patty/Tania Hearst commemorative bike ride with a stop by the site of her NOPA closet captivity? Patty/Tania starts us off Sunday, Jan. 31, 9:30 am followed by a ride on smooth JFK Drive to the ocean and on to NOPA’s Ranger Dale telling all about habitat restoration in the Presidio. Cafe to start out and then drinks and lunch at the end. Both in NOPA.
(Tania and Park Ranger riding attire encouraged!)” More info»

Las usual suspects. We are in a loop, no matter what our priorities are, we eventually meet upafter a fe mis-fired texts or pure badass telepathy, with our bicycles and a ready for the good times. Add coffee or a drink and we’re there, u-lock and all.

Sometime around 1997, a girlfriend and I had ditched school and went to the record store. On one of days (ok, this happened often) I bought some music I don’t recall now, local zines & 2 magazines starting with the letter B, I had never seen before. BUST and Bitch. I remember reading this article on PJ Harvey and 10,000 maniacs and of course some very cool stuff to read for when I got grounded. Both magazines have evolved and I am happy to see both of them around and not gone. Very cool

So, now I’m going to shamelessly let you know I’m in a magazine. It’s BUST.
The beloved Frenchie – the motobecane astra that has become the vehicle and my shrink of confidence everyday– this steel beauty, gets some love. yay!

Many gracias to the fabulous lady behind bits and bobbins and creator of the wonderful Wardrobe Remix, Tricia Royal. I was pretty flattered when she contacted me about this and also I think is super rad that the beautiful America Ferrera is on the cover & those hearts!!!!

We had fun doing the shoot. The photo was taken in Alamo square (you know, those postcard houses) and it even though it looks quite dry when the sun even came out for a bit, then we got some freak flash rain, crazy. Thought I’d share

Lucy, the photographer. Very cool lady.

What makes me happy is the exposure of the bike, the cities we live in and that being dressed ‘normal’ and a woman is no longer that rare. We don’t need crazy get-ups (cute shoes are not consider crazy! he hee), fancy gadgets or man-lead long distance groups, to be part of the bicycle culture. We are here, and we are ready to ride, with our normal clothes and our happy faces. We move forward, sometimes make friends along the way ‹I have met amazing women that are now best of friends›, discover new places in town, enjoy the great smells from the bike lane (ok in SF, often not-so-great at all), climb hills, fall, bleed, sweat, learn to dodge doors and learn everyday that really it is not hard, to move around with your bicycle.
And dress up? sure why not! give it a try 😀

Ran into Brad in action last week, when we both bumped into the Reid Brothers Architecture ride. I have been following his blog for a some time, so it was quite nice to finally meet him in person. His blog documents the city and beautifully captures it in a very open, raw way, as if it omits its sounds on purpose and allows you to place your own score to it, your own script and subtitles. Black and white, color, you choose.

My bad – I didnt catch the artist/series name, but love the (most certainly) placement intentions.
This is a Haiti fundraiser. A juxtaposition with the images, the captures, the current passing by the intersection of haight/steiner streets, the current world going through the lens of the photographer, and some of the tragic events that happen every few years around the world.
Had to go to toronado’s but might pop-in to get more info later this week.